Dole (NYSE:DOLE – Get Free Report) and N2OFF (NASDAQ:NITO – Get Free Report) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
61.2% of N2OFF shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of N2OFF shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Dole and N2OFF, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Dole | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| N2OFF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Dole and N2OFF”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Dole | $8.48 billion | 0.17 | $125.51 million | $0.15 | 99.26 |
| N2OFF | $210,000.00 | 37.04 | -$5.19 million | ($33.57) | -0.09 |
Dole has higher revenue and earnings than N2OFF. N2OFF is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dole, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk & Volatility
Dole has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, N2OFF has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Dole and N2OFF’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Dole | 0.17% | 7.98% | 2.56% |
| N2OFF | -2,420.69% | -223.40% | -159.01% |
Summary
Dole beats N2OFF on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Dole
Dole Food Company, Inc. (Dole) is a producer, marketer and distributor of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. The Company is a producer of bananas and pineapples, and packaged fruit products, packaged salads and fresh-packed vegetables. The Company has three business segments: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and packaged foods. The fresh fruit segment contains operating divisions that produce and market fresh fruit to wholesale, retail and institutional customers worldwide. The fresh vegetables segment produces and markets fresh-packed and value-added vegetables and salads to wholesale, retail and institutional customers, primarily in North America and Europe. The packaged foods segment contains several operating divisions that produce and market packaged foods, including fruit, juices, frozen fruit and healthy snack foods. In November 2013, Dole Food Company, Inc announced that an investor group acquired the remaining 60.43% interest in the Company.
About N2OFF
N2OFF, Inc., an agri-food tech company, engages in the development and sale of eco-friendly green solutions for the food industry to enhance food safety and shelf life of fresh produce. Its products are based on proprietary blend of food acids combined with various oxidizing agent-based sanitizers and low concentrated fungicides for cleaning, sanitizing, and controlling pathogens on fresh produce that are safer for human consumption and extend their shelf life by reducing their decay. The company’s products include SavePROTECT or PeroStar, a processing aid for post-harvest application that is added to fruit and vegetable wash water; and SF3HS and SF3H, a post-harvest cleaning and sanitizing solution to control plant and foodborne pathogens. It also offers SpuDefender for controlling post-harvest potato sprouts; and FreshProtect to control spoilage-creating microorganisms on post-harvest citrus fruit. The company was formerly known as Save Foods, Inc. and changed its name to N2OFF, Inc. in March 2024. N2OFF, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Hod HaSharon, Israel.
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